Safety-razor.



PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

J. HEISSENBERGBR. SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLIGATIOH FILED AUG. 22.1907.

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onrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HEISSENBERGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AUTOMATIC UTILITIES COMPANY,- OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,'A CORPORATION 01. NEW YORK;

SAFETY-RAZOR.

No. 879,264h

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN l-Inrssnnnnncua, a citizen of the United States, and a resi dentoi the borough of the Bronx, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lm provements in Safety-Razors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

One object of this invention is to provide a safety razor in which the blade is easily attachable and detachable and while attached is retained upon the razor base or holder in a simple manner, the construction requiring yer few arts and bein considerabl sim pliiied.

The improvements will be more fully explained in connection with the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation, with the handle indicated as being inserted in one end of the base or holder. Fig. 3 is a view in rear elevation with the handle indicated as being secured in the other end oi the base or holder. -Fig. 4 is a's'ectional view on a plane indicated by the hue 4-4 in Fig. 3, and, Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a slight modification.

The blade a, which in the present case is illustrated as of the ordinary wedge-shaped form, is held in a base, holder or frame 5 which is provided with the usual guard c and with retaining means for the blade which eon stitutc one oi the features of the invention. These holding means include forward lu s d, preferably at the ends of the guard, end ugs c one at each end ol the blade, and a-single resilient finger f for the top ot the blade.

This finger is pivoted upon the rear side of the guard (Fig. 3) and extends down over the 'l'ront lace oi' the blade with itsend bearing substantially upon the middle of the blade. ln this way the blade is held from forward and rndwise movement by the lugsd and e, and it is held [latwise upon the base and against backward or upward movement by means of the linger The finger fis prelernbly made springy in and of itself so that its forward end hears down yieldingly upon -the 'l'ront face of the blade, and the toe of this finger preh rably bears against a spring iinger 9 upon the rear side of the base, 3) so that when it is moved into position a be operated with upon the blade, the spring 9 will hold it in such position with a yielding pressure. finger f hearing as it does u on the center: of the blade will readily hold t 1e blade ilatwise upon the base. This finger will also, as was stated above, serve to hold the blade in its forward position. Thus this single finger performs the functions which have generally een performed by ,two or three elements heretofore.

The handle 71. may be secured, as in Fig. 1 by screwing the same into a seat t'upon the rear side of the base I) or it may be secured in the base at either end of the blade in seatswhich are similar to the seat One of these end seats is indicated by the character 7c in Figs. 1 8c 4. By this means, the razor may be adapted for use in the same manner as other safety razors having handles perpendicular to the blades,or it may be used as an ordinary razor with a safety guard. Where it is used in the manner of an ordinary razor, it will be obvious that it may be adapted to is inserted in hand according as the handle one end or the other end of the base (Figs. 2

and 3).

In Fig. 5 one of the lugs d is shown as overlapping the corner of the blade, whereas the lugs d in the other figures do not overlap the blade. It will be obvious that the lugs may be formed in any manner and that other changes may be made without departing from'the spirit of the invention.

I claim as my invention l. The combination in a safety razor, of a blade, a base therefor, and means to secure the bladeto the base including a resilient finger adapted to bear yieldingly substantiall upon the middle of the blade and bent bac over the top of the blade and base whereby said finger h olds the blade iiatwise upon'the base and against upward movement, means to pivot said finger upon the base whereby it may be moved to iermit the insertion and withdrawal of the blade, and spring to hold. the ringer normally in position for securing the blade to the base.

2. The combination in a safety razor, of a blade, a base therefor, and. means to secure the blade to the base including a resilient finger adapted to bearyieldinglysubstantiall upon the middle of the blade and bent bees over the top of the blade and base whereby said'finger holds the blade fiatwise upon the either the right or the left The Q 1 eaaeee of the base for pivoting said finger thereto, and a spring upon the underside of the base, said finger havin a toe adapted to engage said spring, Where y said finger is normally held in position for securing the blade upon the base but may be moved against the action of said spring to permit the blade to be Withdrawn.

' This specification signed and witnessed this 20th day of August, A. D., 1907.

base and against upward movement, means the underside uponthe underside of the base to pivot said fingerthereto, and a spring upon the underside of the base cooperating with said finger tohold 5 it normallg in position for securing the blade upon the ase.

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and limit its upward movement, means upon 

